Dick Berk, the Glossary
Richard Alan Berk (May 22, 1939 – February 8, 2014) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader.[1]
Table of Contents
46 relations: Andy Martin (American musician), Atlantic Records, Berklee College of Music, Bill Barron (musician), Bish Bash, Blue Mitchell, Boston, Cal Tjader, California, Candid Records, Charles Mingus, Discovery Records, Don Friedman, Dreams and Explorations, EMI, Fantasy Records, Flashback (Don Friedman album), Flip Top, Fontana Records, Frank Rosolino, Freddie Hubbard, Freedom Records, George Duke, Impulse! Records, Jazz, Jean-Luc Ponty, John Patitucci, Just the Way It Had to Be, Mike Fahn, Milt Jackson, Mose Allison, Nick Brignola, Nine Winds, Portland, Oregon, Reservoir Records, Riverside Records, San Francisco, Stablemates (album), Tad Weed, Tears for Dolphy, Ted Curson, That's the Way It Is (Milt Jackson album), The New Thing & the Blue Thing, Trend Records, Walter Bishop Jr., Xanadu Records.
- Jazz musicians from San Francisco
- Reservoir Records artists
Andy Martin (American musician)
Andy Martin is an American jazz trombonist and Los Angeles studio player.
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Atlantic Records
Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson.
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Berklee College of Music
The Berklee College of Music is a private music college in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Bill Barron (musician)
William Barron, Jr. (March 27, 1927 – September 21, 1989) was an American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist.
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Bish Bash
Bish Bash is an album by pianist Walter Bishop Jr. that was recorded in 1964 and 1968 and released on the Xanadu label.
Blue Mitchell
Richard Allen "Blue" Mitchell (March 13, 1930 – May 21, 1979) was an American trumpeter and composer who worked in jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, rock and funk.
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Boston
Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.
Cal Tjader
Callen Radcliffe Tjader Jr. (July 16, 1925 – May 5, 1982) was an American Latin Jazz musician, often described as the most successful non-Latino Latin musician. Dick Berk and Cal Tjader are American jazz drummers.
California
California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.
Candid Records
Candid Records was a jazz record label first established in New York City.
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Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz upright bassist, composer, bandleader, pianist, and author. Dick Berk and Charles Mingus are American jazz bandleaders.
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Discovery Records
Discovery Records was a United States-based record company and label known for its recordings of jazz music.
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Don Friedman
Donald Ernest Friedman (May 4, 1935 – June 30, 2016) was an American jazz pianist. Dick Berk and Don Friedman are American jazz bandleaders and jazz musicians from San Francisco.
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Dreams and Explorations
Dreams and Explorations is the fourth album by pianist Don Friedman which was recorded in 1964 and released on the Riverside label.
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EMI
EMI Group Limited (formerly EMI Group plc until 2007; originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London.
Fantasy Records
Fantasy Records is an American independent record label company founded by brothers Max and Sol Stanley Weiss in 1949.
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Flashback (Don Friedman album)
Flashback is the third album by pianist Don Friedman which was recorded in 1963 and released on the Riverside label.
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Flip Top
Flip Top is an album by American trumpeter Ted Curson which has one side recorded in the studio in 1964 at the same sessions that produced Tears for Dolphy and one side recorded live at the Seventh Yugoslavia Jazz Festival in Ljubljana which was first released on the Freedom label in 1977.
Fontana Records
Fontana Records is a record label that was started in the 1950s as a subsidiary of the Dutch Philips Records.
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Frank Rosolino
Frank Rosolino (August 20, 1926 – November 26, 1978) was an American jazz trombonist.
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Freddie Hubbard
Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (April 7, 1938 – December 29, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter.
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Freedom Records
Freedom Records was a jazz record label headed by Shel Safran and founded by Alan Bates as a division of Black Lion Records.
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George Duke
George M. Duke (January 12, 1946 – August 5, 2013) was an American keyboardist, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer.
Impulse! Records
Impulse! Records (occasionally styled as "¡mpulse! Records" and "¡!") is an American jazz record label established by Creed Taylor in 1960.
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Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.
Jean-Luc Ponty
Jean-Luc Ponty (born 29 September 1942) is a French jazz and jazz fusion violinist and composer.
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John Patitucci
John Patitucci (born December 22, 1959) is an American jazz bassist and composer.
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Just the Way It Had to Be
Just the Way It Had to Be is a live album by American jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring performances recorded at Shelly's Manne-Hole in 1969 for the Impulse! label.
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Mike Fahn
Mike Fahn (born December 16, 1960) is an American jazz trombonist.
Milt Jackson
Milton Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999), nicknamed "Bags", was an American jazz vibraphonist.
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Mose Allison
Mose John Allison Jr. (November 11, 1927 – November 15, 2016) was an American jazz and blues pianist, singer, and songwriter.
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Nick Brignola
Nicholas Thomas "Nick" Brignola (July 17, 1936 – February 8, 2002) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist. Dick Berk and Nick Brignola are Berklee College of Music alumni and Reservoir Records artists.
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Nine Winds
Nine Winds is an American jazz record label that was founded in 1977 by Vinny Golia.
Portland, Oregon
Portland is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region.
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Reservoir Records
Reservoir Records is jazz record label founded in 1987 by Mark and Kayla Feldman, with special attention given to a piano series.
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Riverside Records
Riverside Records was an American jazz record company and label.
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San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California.
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Stablemates (album)
Stablemates is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell recorded in 1977 and originally released on the Japanese label Discomate before being released on CD on the Candid label in 2006.
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Tad Weed
Thurlow "Tad" Weed (January 18, 1933November 7, 2006) was the placekicker for the Ohio State Buckeyes, a college level American football team that won the national championship in 1954.
Tears for Dolphy
Tears for Dolphy is a 1964 album by jazz trumpeter Ted Curson.
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Ted Curson
Theodore Curson (June 3, 1935 – November 4, 2012) was an American jazz trumpeter.
That's the Way It Is (Milt Jackson album)
That's the Way It Is is a live album by American jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson featuring performances recorded at Shelly's Manne Hole in 1969 for the Impulse! label.
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The New Thing & the Blue Thing
The New Thing & the Blue Thing is an album by American trumpeter Ted Curson which was recorded in 1965 and released on the Atlantic label.
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Trend Records
Trend Records was a post-World War II United States jazz record label.
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Walter Bishop Jr.
Walter Bishop Jr. (October 4, 1927 – January 24, 1998) was an American jazz pianist.
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Xanadu Records
Xanadu Records was a jazz record label founded in 1975 by Don Schlitten.
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See also
Jazz musicians from San Francisco
- 8 Legged Monster
- Annette A. Aguilar
- Barre Phillips
- Barry Finnerty
- Bill Perkins (saxophonist)
- Bob Bates (musician)
- Burt Bales
- Carson Smith (musician)
- Clint Eastwood
- Craig Chaquico
- Darius Brubeck
- Darol Anger
- Dave Bass
- Del Courtney
- Dianna Agron
- Dick Berk
- Don Friedman
- Earl Watkins
- Eddie Duran
- Edo Castro
- Erica Lindsay
- Frank Macchia
- Harold Fethe
- Jazz Mafia
- Jeff Chimenti
- Jerry Granelli
- Jim Campilongo
- Joe Dodge
- Johnny Mathis
- Joyce Bryant
- Lee Presson and the Nails
- Lydia Pense
- Madeline Eastman
- Marcus Shelby
- Mel Stewart
- Michael Davis (trombonist)
- Michael Formanek
- Natalie Cressman
- Paul Desmond
- Ralph Alessi
- Shep Shepherd
- Vince Guaraldi
- Virginia Mayhew
Reservoir Records artists
- Barry Harris
- Buddy Tate
- Claudio Roditi
- Dick Berk
- Dick Katz
- Don Sickler
- Gary Smulyan
- Helio Alves
- Hod O'Brien
- J. R. Monterose
- Joe Puma
- John Fedchock
- John Hicks (pianist)
- Jon Mayer
- Kenny Barron
- Nick Brignola
- Pepper Adams
- Peter Leitch (musician)
- Ralph Moore
- Rick Margitza
- Roni Ben-Hur
- Steve Kuhn
- Tommy Flanagan
- Valery Ponomarev